(Crazy!) Prepare your ears!

[Koppony 254]

I am pretty new to creativity and am trying everything, drawing, music, editing.

So here is the music, not good but then again I didn't spend much time on it and have no experience what so ever! Please don't hate me.

 

 

 

CRAZIE!.mp3

 

 

 

I made it in Mixcraft 6 if you have any recommendations please tell.

[FlutterHigh 81]

My recommendation would do ad a bass drop and more drums. The majority of the song has no beat cause it has nothing to back it up like drums or snare.

Also i would recommend using less vocals as they were unfitting in most cases.

[Koppony 254]

My recommendation would do ad a bass drop and more drums. The majority of the song has no beat cause it has nothing to back it up like drums or snare.

Also i would recommend using less vocals as they were unfitting in most cases.

Thanks i'll see what I can do tomorrow I am way to tired now.

[Aurelleah 894]

I am pretty new to creativity and am trying everything, drawing, music, editing.

So here is the music, not good but then again I didn't spend much time on it and have no experience what so ever! Please don't hate me.

 

 

 

CRAZIE!.mp3

 

 

 

I made it in Mixcraft 6 if you have any recommendations please tell.

No hating on you, I used mixcraft to make some of my first edm pieces. It does significantly lack substance though (Melody, percussion)

 

I've been making EDM for a month, myself, and I've learned a lot in this month. If you're legitimately interested in getting into music in the long haul, I'd recommend checking out reddit.com/r/edmproduction ; Ive learned a lot just going thru other peoples posts and their FAQs.

 

Keep in mind, too, for every one track you make that winds up being good, the average producer makes a dozen that are garbage. I've lucked out in that most of my ideas managed to turn into songs, but I've got 4 or 5 unfinished tracks that I cringe at every time I look at them lol

 

Either way keep at it! Chances are, most of the stuff you make in the beginning will be cringe-worthy, but over time your stuff will get better and better and better. Eventually, stuff you make will be decent enough that you'll actually listen to them yourself (like, put it on your ipod to listen to cause it sounds enjoyable). At that point, where you start liking your music, you'll know youre making progress.

 

What I'd recommend, is finding an artist, musician, or band you enjoy listening to, and work towards recreating their song. To do that, you'll need to learn how to use a DAW, how to synthesize, how to select and find drum samples, all the stuff youll need to produce your own music. The end result will likely be a remix that sounds similar but not the same, and you can even release that as a remix of their song.

 

The good news is that if youre young, you've got years ahead of you to see if you like it and improve and grow. Making music, whether EDM, orchestra, rock, etc is more of a way of life than it is something you can just pick up and be good at. If music is something you love, though, the long hours you spend after school researching how to make music and learning things and watching tutorials won't be a chore, it'll be fun, like a game. I spend on average 12+ hours a day making music (less on work days and school days) and listening to things I've made. I have a background in music though, I took music classes all throughout highschool and learned to play several instruments.

 

I'd also recommend if youre serious about music, seeing about learning an instrument. Even a cheap hundred dollar or so acoustic guitar or something. It'll teach you about chords, chord progression, and music theory and it'll help you train your ear too

 

My most recent EDM piece (really my only one, "Elemental Oh My") is approaching 14k views on youtube, and was actually made in mixcraft too. (mixcraft 7 mind you.) Not that I'm anything special, I'm no woodentoaster or anything, but I'm sure that if you follow those tips you'll be making music in no time :3

[Caramel Monsoon 58]

I like the melody you put into it, and you can defently hear the drums or bass that's suppose to be in there. I wouldnt add a classic drum kit to it, since it leans more towards the techoish type. I'd probably lean more towards a hardsytle bass, or something along the lines. And what I'd do, instead of hearing "are you crazy" add some other qouts in there as well. Mix it up a bit

[Blackened 512]

Yeah, no...

 

 

The sample this song is built about is just thrown in there. The synths sound stock and don't really fit, there's no structure and there's no percussion. 

 

But hey, this is your first time, so with more experimentation, you'll get better.

[SkullcandyPegasus 603]

First: This isn't bad at all for being new to music. Nice job!

 

Second: Try to use your sample a bit more sparsely. It will make your loops sound longer (and thus less repetitive).

 

Third: You need to build upon your ideas a bit more. A beat and bass will thicken your mix considerably.

 

Finally: Learn to mix a bit better. SeamlessR has an excellent video on equalization that I recommend you view.